Natural Enemies of True Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) - USDA - aphis

Species Parasites/Predators Notes
Dacus bivittatus Diachasma fullawayi
var. robustum
Jeffrey N. L. Stibick
Parasites and Predators of the Tephritidae - Table 2
A pupal parasite from French Guinea (Silvestri, 1914).
Biosteres caudatus A widely diffused Braconid larval parasite from Nigeria (Silvestri, 1914;
Steck, et al., 1986).
Coptera silvestrii
(=Galesus silvestrii)
Tetrastichus
giffardii(=Biosteres
giffardii)
A Diapriid pupal parasite from Nigeria bred in lab (Silvestri, 1914). A Psiline
parasite from Africa (Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya,
Monzambique, Zululand), introduced to Hawaii (Yoder & Wharton, 2002).
A widely diffused Braconid egg-larval parasite from Victoria (Silvestri, 1914;
Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson, 1943).
Tetrastichus dacicida A Eulophid from the Cameroons (Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla,
1962).
Spalangia afra A Pteromalid (pupal?) parasite from Africa (Boucek, 1963; Narayanan &
Chawla, 1962).
Dirhinus sp. A Chacid parasite from Africa (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Biosteres desideratus A Braconid parasite from the Cameroons (Steck, et al., 1986).
Opius perproximus A Braconid parasite from the Cameroons (Steck, et al., 1986).
Dacus ciliatus Opius perproximus A Braconid larval parasite from West Africa (Silvestri, 1914; Wharton &
Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Biosteres caudatus A widely diffused Braconid larval parasite from Dahomey (Silvestri, 1914;
Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Biosteres giffardii An African Braconid larval parasite (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Narayanan &
Chawla, 1962; Ghani, 1972).
Biosteres
longicaudatus
An Indo-Australian Braconid larval parasite, now in Hawaii, Fiji, America,
Caribbean, Florida (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Wharton & Marsh, 1978).
Opius concolor A Braconid parasite from northern Africa, intr. through the Mediterranean
(Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983).
Opius fletcheri Common Indian Braconid egg-larval parasite, in Hawaii restricted to Melon
Fly. Also in the Philippines, Guam and intro. to Ryukyu Is. (Clausen, 1956;
Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983).
Opius phaeostigma A Braconid parasite from South Africa (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson,
1943; Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Sarcophaga flagellata A Sarcophagid parasite (Diptera) from the Italian Somaliland (Thompson,
1943).
Diachasma brevistyli A Braconid parasite from the Italian Somaliland (Thompson, 1943).
Spalangia afra A Chalcid (pupal?) parasite from Africa (Boucek, 1963; Narayanan & Chawla,
1962).
Opius brevistyli A Braconid parasite from Africa (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Opius incisi A Braconid parasite from India (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Dirhinus luzonensis The most abundant Chalcid parasite from India (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Pachycrepoideus A Pteromalid parasite (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
dubius
Spalangia grotiusi A Pteromalid parasite (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
Spalangia
A Pteromalid parasite (Narayanan & Chawla, 1962).
philippinensis
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